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Printing name badges - Manual

Print name tags for participants, containing for example their personal QR code

Written by Daniel Ohlsson 🇸🇪 🇬🇧

Guide to Printing Name Badges

NOTE: This guide is only intended for iOS (iPhone or iPad).

Connect the Printer

  1. Turn on the router for your WiFi

  2. Turn on the printer

  3. Connect the iPhone or iPad you will use to print name badges to the router's WiFi network

  4. Open the Confetti Check-in app on your iPhone or iPad. The app must be version 1.0.13 or later. If you have an earlier version, update the app via the App Store.

Network Requirements

The devices must be connected to a network where they can discover each other via mDNS/Bonjour.
The printer can also be connected using an Ethernet cable.

Print Name Badges

Check-in Permissions

To print name badges, you must be logged in to the Check-in app as a Teammate.
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NOTE: This feature cannot be used via a Sharing Link.
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For staff who only need to manage check-in, we recommend the teammate role Check-in.

How to print name badges:

  1. Scan the attendee's QR code or manually find the attendee in the attendee list

  2. Check in the attendee

  3. Click on 'Print label'

  4. If you haven't already selected a printer, you can choose which printer to use by clicking on its name.

Check-in and Printing Settings

  1. Open your event in the Confetti Check-in app

  2. Click on 'Scan'

  3. Click on the 'settings icon' (gear icon) in the top-right corner

  4. Enable 'Auto check in' to automatically check in attendees when their QR codes are scanned

  5. Enable 'Print on check in' to automatically print a name badge when an attendee is checked in.

Customize Name Badges

Choose which information should appear on the name badges.

  1. Open your event in Confetti via your web browser

  2. Click 'Attendees'

  3. Click 'Name badges'

  4. Select which fields should be printed on the name badges under Badges.

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